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Julia Pauline Trixie Alberta Baxter Stansell, 100, of Hindsville; passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2023, at her home after complications of age-related dementia and kidney disease. Born at home on Saturday, March 31, 1923, in Haworth, Oklahoma; Pauline was the sixth of nine children born to Patrick Henry and Irma Yates Bills Baxter. Pauline was a fierce competitor and loved playing on her school's basketball team and baseball with her brothers and their friends. She played the French harp, and enjoyed singing and songwriting. Pauline and her siblings also provided entertainment by playing music and singing together at parties and gatherings, including singing "specials" at church. At age 17, she left Oklahoma and moved with her sisters to Massachusetts where she worked in a factory that produced electrical components for "the war effort". She eventually made her way to California where she met Cread Stansell at a local dance. They fell in love and were married in Las Vegas, Nevada; six weeks after their initial meeting, at a chapel called "The Hitching Post." They later became parents to Forrest, then Carol, and moved to Northwest Arkansas where Johnny and Harvey were born. Pauline was a wonderful cook, and family dinners at her home were not to be missed. She also enjoyed reading, quilting, working jigsaw puzzles, gardening, and dominating her opponents (grandkids included) at dominoes. If you beat her at any game, you earned it! She was incredibly social but limited her activities due to severe hearing loss sustained from childhood illnesses. She was a homemaker, and continued the operation of the cattle farm she and Cread established in Hindsville, following his passing in 1999. At age 94, she moved to Fayetteville to live out the remainder of her life with Carol. Pauline was preceded in death by her husband, Forrest Cread Stansell, to whom she was married for 56 years; one grandson, Forrest Stansell III; her parents, Pat and Irma Baxter; and her eight siblings. She is also predeceased by one son-in-law, Tom Jacoway, and one daughter-in-law, Martha Ritchie Stansell. She is survived by her three sons and two daughters-in-law, Forrest Stansell II and Debbie Stansell, of Idabel, Oklahoma; Johnny and Cherie Stansell, of Fayetteville; and Harvey Stansell, of Ponca City, Oklahoma; one daughter, Carol Jacoway, of Fayetteville; six grandchildren, Ricky Ritchie, of Rogers; Cody and Ashely Joyner, of Goshen; Lesly and Jason Webb, of Fayetteville; Shelby and Flora Stansell of Delta Junction, Alaska; Tracy and Stacy Easterling, of Huntsville; and Brian and Lou Ellen Stansell, of Houston, Texas; ten great-grandchildren, Madyson Snow, Peyton Webb, Erin Easterling, Lauren Webb, Logan Stansell, Kross Easterling, Brecken Webb, Kyrus Newby, Forrest Stansell IV, and Eloise Stansell; and two great-great-grandchildren, Titus Cread Snow and Teagan Mary John Snow. She is also survived by step-grandchildren, Joy and Robert Bodine, and Dusty and Julie Dawson; and step great-grandchildren, Jake Dawson, Grace Bodine, and Jake Bodine. The family will receive friends 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at Brashears Funeral Home in Huntsville. Funeral services will begin at 10:00 AM, with Pastor Loren Collins officiating. Pallbearers will be Ricky Ritchie, Cody Joyner, Brian Stansell, Peyton Webb, Kross Easterling, Brecken Webb, and Kyrus Newby. Honorary pallbearers are Jason Webb, Stacy Easterling, and Gene Gardner. Interment will immediately follow services at Huntsville Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Pauline's name may be made to Willard Walker Hospice Home, PO Box 356, Fayetteville, AR 72702 or online to the Dementia Society of America. Services are entrusted to Brashears Funeral Home and Crematory of Huntsville.

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Pauline Stansell

March 31, 1923 - August 30, 2023